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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've traveled a lot but not to many third world countries. I have been reluctant because I feel as if bearing witness to the grinding poverty would ruin the experience for me. I couldn't sleep at night in India knowing that right outside my window there are people without the most basic means to survive. Yes, I know when I got to sleep here they are still there but somehow the thought of lookign people in the eye and not really being able to help them while touring around the country and treating them as a bit of the 'experience' feels uncomfortable for me. I mean we took a helicopter trip to a tiny island in Hawaii with fancy picnic lunches and I ended up spending the whole time on the island feeding our lunches to the skinny dogs we stumbled upon. I'm not good with proximal suffering. How do others manage this or [b]am I just too empathic[/b]? [/quote]
You are definitely something, OP, but empathic isn't it.

IIUC, you're not good with "proximal suffering", and you'd prefer to enjoy the art and culture of other countries without having to be bothered by the inequality and suffering the people living their experience. You also are okay with the inequality and suffering in the US, because it's not something you have to see. It kinda sounds like you're just an entitled a-hole who thinks the entire world exists for her aesthetic pleasure. Please, do the people in other countries a favor and stay home. They don't want you there viewing them as a blight on your ability to experience the places where they live and fight for survival.[/quote]

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